I also recently attended the Than Merrill real estate class and it opened my eyes to the investment side where I wouldnt actually need my RE license.

In the DFW area, there are so many different real estate groups, workshops, events. 

in 04 I listed 22 duplex's in Vancouver for a flat fee of 30k each.. sold them all in one weekend in the crazy days of that era at a big event I put on in San Francisco.. builder netted what he wanted which was 200k each .. builder under a lot of pressure from his construction lender and the local market was not absorbing them.. pretty sweet deal..

We do not currently have the funds to absorb a failure of the heating system, but there's enough income to budget 10k annually for capex and still hit a 10% cap rate, so it's something we could remedy within the first year or two.I reached out to a business contact and asked if he would secure contingency funds in exchange for a percent of AFFO (basically, we'd pay him a portion of the income in exchange for the right to use him as a private lender in the event that one of the systems failed before we replaced it).

I work full time and am currently attending showings in the hopes of finding my first multifamily property around the Mpls/Stp MN area. 

They've been to closings (pulled out of school) and they attend and contribute to our management meetings.

I'll be attending several real estate investment meetings over the next two weeks in Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego.I'm interested in meeting with other SFR long-term rental investors.

@Isabella Roland I read Denise Evans book and attending her class.

I’ve found agents who are handling both buy/sell and PM may not have the time to be able to attend to all ...

In very simple terms, unless your properties cash flow you are speculating, and you need to be prepared in the event that the housing market sees a downturn.